斤

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese_radical/斤

Glyph origin
- an axe.

Etymology

 * ax
 * Unclear. relates it to 🇨🇬; possibly also connected to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and/or 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) catty, a unit of weight
 * 2)  catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms
 * 3)  catty or kan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms ( or sometimes approximated as 500 grams)
 * 4)  catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms, also equal to 16 taels
 * 5)  axe; hatchet
 * 6) keen; shrewd
 * 1) keen; shrewd

Kanji

 * 1) counter for loaves of bread
 * 2) (chiefly Okinawan) catty, a unit of weight equaling approximately 600 grams, or a unit of volume equaling approximately 600 cubic centimeters

Compounds

 * : weight